98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4473

 

Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 3605/28b  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328b

    Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning drivers of vehicles owned by private carrier companies.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
5amended by changing Section 28b as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 3605/28b)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328b)
7    Sec. 28b. Any person applying for a position as a driver of
8a vehicle owned by a private carrier company which provides
9public transportation pursuant to an agreement with the the
10Authority shall be required to authorize an investigation by
11the private carrier company to determine if the applicant has
12been convicted of any of the following offenses: (i) those
13offenses defined in Sections 9-1, 9-1.2, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3.1,
1410-4, 10-5, 10-6, 10-7, 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50,
1511-1.60, 11-6, 11-9, 11-14, 11-14.3, 11-14.4, 11-15, 11-15.1,
1611-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1,
1711-20.1B, 11-20.3, 11-21, 11-22, 11-30, 12-4.3, 12-4.4,
1812-4.5, 12-6, 12-7.1, 12-11, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15,
1912-16, 12-16.1, 18-1, 18-2, 19-6, 20-1, 20-1.1, 31A-1, 31A-1.1,
20and 33A-2, in subsection (a) and subsection (b), clause (1), of
21Section 12-4, in subdivisions (a)(1), (b)(1), and (f)(1) of
22Section 12-3.05, and in subsection (a-5) of Section 12-3.1 of
23the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; (ii)

 

 

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1those offenses defined in the Cannabis Control Act except those
2offenses defined in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 4, and
3subsection (a) of Section 5 of the Cannabis Control Act (iii)
4those offenses defined in the Illinois Controlled Substances
5Act; (iv) those offenses defined in the Methamphetamine Control
6and Community Protection Act; and (v) any offense committed or
7attempted in any other state or against the laws of the United
8States, which if committed or attempted in this State would be
9punishable as one or more of the foregoing offenses. Upon
10receipt of this authorization, the private carrier company
11shall submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth,
12fingerprints and social security number to the Department of
13State Police on forms prescribed by the Department. The
14Department of State Police shall conduct an investigation to
15ascertain if the applicant has been convicted of any of the
16above enumerated offenses. The Department shall charge the
17private carrier company a fee for conducting the investigation,
18which fee shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund
19and shall not exceed the cost of the inquiry; and the applicant
20shall not be charged a fee for such investigation by the
21private carrier company. The Department of State Police shall
22furnish, pursuant to positive identification, records of
23convictions, until expunged, to the private carrier company
24which requested the investigation. A copy of the record of
25convictions obtained from the Department shall be provided to
26the applicant. Any record of conviction received by the private

 

 

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1carrier company shall be confidential. Any person who releases
2any confidential information concerning any criminal
3convictions of an applicant shall be guilty of a Class A
4misdemeanor, unless authorized by this Section.
5(Source: P.A. 96-1551, Article 1, Section 920, eff. 7-1-11;
696-1551, Article 2, Section 960, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1108, eff.
71-1-13; 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)